Multiple and foldable bed



T. M IECZEJESK'L MULTIPLE AND FOLDABLE BED. APPLICATION FILED JULY 15.1920.

Patented Nov. 2, 1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

PATENT OFFICE. 1'

roivr MIEGZEJESKI, or nosnmonr, wnsr VIRGINIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

MULTIPLE AND FOLDABLE BED.

Patented Nov. 2, 1920.

Application filed July 15, 1920. Serial No. 396,549.

To all whom it may-concern:

Be it known' tlizitfl, Tour Mmeznansnr, a

citizen of Poland,z.residing at Rosemont, in the county oflaylo'r and'titate or West Virginia, haveinvei'ited certain new and useful lmprovements 'ini Multiple and Foldable Beds, or whichthefollowingis a specification. 1 1 Thisinventionrelates to certain new and useful improvements in 'multiple and foldable beds and is particularly designed to providea simpleconstruction wherein the head and foot'memb'e rs of an ordinary bed are utilized witlr supplementary head and foot members for providing a series of connected beds, the structure being such as to enable the same to be readily folded into compact form when not in use or during shipment.

The objectsabove outlined are preferably obtainedby means of the form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing, and claimed.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters indicate similar parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a side elevational view, partly brolren away, of a single bed constructed in accordance with the present invention,

Fig. 2 is an end elevational view thereof,

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary top plan view of one end or the same, s

Fig. i is a'view similar to Fig; 1 with parts broken away and supplemental rails, head member and foot member attached for providing a multiplebed,

Fig. 5 is atop plan view of one of the head or foot members folded,

Fig. 6 is a sectional detail view on a larger scale and taken substantially upon line VIVI of Fig. 2,

Fig. 7 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially upon line VIP-VII of Fig. 6, and

Fig. 8 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the triangular brace members forming part of the means for maintaining the head and foot members in expanded operative condition.

Referring more in detail to the several views, the present invention embodies head and foot members 5 which are of similar construction and which each comprise two hingedly connected vertical sections, the hinges 6 thereof being substantially centrally of the same as seen in Fig. 2, andin this figure,

it will be noted that the pivot or", thehinges preferably resides in a long rod 7 extending from ,the top rail 8 to the bottom rail 9. The legs 10 of the head and foot members may be formed in continuation of the top rail 8 or in any desired or well known manner, and these legs are provided with headed studs 11 of the usual and ordinary form constituting part of the corner fastenings of the bed and adapted for reception in the end sockets of the side rails 12, one of which sockets is shown at 13 in Fig. 1. I

As shown in Fig. 4, the head and foot sections ormembers 5 together with the rails 12 will form one complete bed frame and the studs 11 at the outer sides of the members 5 may be connected with additional side rails l2 and supplemental foot members 5 so as to form a multiple bed, or in other words, three beds with only four head and foot members, each bed being of rigid and durable construction and the end beds utilizing the head and foot members of the intermediate beds. supplemental side rails and head and foot members may be indefinitely continued for providing any required number of beds.

Means are provided for retaining the head and foot members in their expanded operative condition and such means includes tapereddove-tail lugs 1 1 rigid with and depending from each section of the head and foot members adjacent to and at opposite sides of the lower hinge 6, as seen in Fig. 2, said lugs 14: being adapted for reception within similarly shaped grooves 15 provided in the base of a triangular member 16 which is best shown in Figs. 2 and 6 to 8. The member 16 is provided with a transverse aperture 17 adjacent its apex adapted for reception of the end of a securing rod 18 as will presently become apparent. The triangular member of the head section has its lugs and grooves tapered reversely to that of the foot section so that when the members 16 of both the head and foot sections are slid onto the lugs 14, the same are limited in movement toward each other whereupon the rod 18 is projected through the apertures 17 of both members 16 and thus the sections of the head and foot membersare effectively braced and prevented from folding.

If it is desired to collapse the bed, it is merely necessary to remove the nuts 19 and remove the rod 18 after which the members Obviously, this addition of 16 may be slid outwardly for detachment from the lugs 14;. .The side rails 12 may then be removed in the usual way and the head and foot members are then free to be folded to the condition shown in Fig. 5.

From the foregoing description, it is be lieved that the construction and operation as well as the advantages'ofthe-present-in} 'vention will be understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art.

Minor changes may be made without departing'from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is: I

1. In a fold'able bed, head and foot members comprising similar vertical sections hingedly connected together, a pair of taper-ed dove-tailed lugs depending from the bottom rail of each of said head and foot members and at opposite sides of the hinge connection between the sections of said head 7 and foot members, triangular members having tapered dove-tailed grooves in the bases thereof for reception of said tapered dovetailed lugs, sa'id triangular members being provided with transverse openings adjacent the bases thereof,-and a tie rod extending between said triangular members and having said headand foot members for main taming the sections of the latter in open or expanded condition.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature.

TONY-MIECZEJESKI. 

